Supposedly all kinds of idiots are given access to microphones and pens and allowed to make up any damned thing they want to and get it published in our media. I just laughed at this headline and wondered at the extraordinary lengths people's imaginations will take them whenever they have access to blank newspaper.
How about if instead we just issue every aviator and pilot a fitbit that they can turn on when they get shot down over enemy territory or the open sea? All they have to do, according to the Ministry of Truth, is turn the damned thing on and their position is instantly pinpointed by the entire world!
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The trick is sending your location to rescue forces but NOT to the enemy hunting you.
Well the obvious solution is to have them all drop a satellite phone in the pocket of their flight suit and hope for the best. I would have thought they would have done that 25 years ago. Silly me.
Nothing to see here. Move along...
In 1995, Breitling launched the first wristwatch with a built-in emergency microtransmitter. Operating on the 121.5 MHz international air distress frequency, this initial Emergency model was designed to facilitate accurate homing in on pilots or passengers following a plane crash. Intended for constant wear on the wrist, it complemented standard onboard aircraft equipment.
Bought one in 1997 and it cost me 10-grand back then!
https://www.breitling.com/us-en/watches/emergency/?srsltid=AfmBOoqJGfSQ755R8y1M1MsJLCfarXsmupVM9vsOBQpEt6Ru52MpcNyv
I checked the link. Thank you.
I was going to crack that old joke about the first man with a digital watch seen at an airport but nope. I do wonder though, does it alert EPIRB and would activations show up on standard USCG and SAR beacon locators?
As Dan said above, broadcasting a distress signal isn't the problem. The problem is not being located by the enemy before the extraction team.
Well it's just about impossible because it is broadcast and of course the freq is known and easily monitored whether it is MAD or IAD or some other unassigned freqency. It used to be hard to pinpoint burst transmissions but that may be the easiest thing in the world.
OTGH, our enemies would probably just pay a fellow traveler here or in 5 eyes to backdoor the info systems that process that data and then relay it to enemy forces in the field looking for survivors.....
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